ETNZ hit the Hauraki Gulf again
Just two weeks after Emirates Team New Zealand wound up their last day sailiing Barcelona, they are back out on the water testing on their AC40 on the familiar waters of the Hauraki Gulf again. It has been a rapid…
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Aussie Contingent Ready for World’s Best at 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 Euros
A small but strong Australian team has arrived in Vilamoura, Portugal, ready to compete against the best in their classes at the 2023 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 European Championships this week. After a short lay-off after the World Championships…
2023 Australian Maxi Championship
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia is pleased to announce that Raymarine will be the naming sponsor of the upcoming 2023 Australian Maxi Championship in December. This exciting partnership will bring the prestige and excellence of Raymarine together with the…
Australia SailGP Team Celebrates Success at the Annual Australian Sailing Awards
Australia SailGP Team takes home Team of the Year while coach Ben Durham was recognisedas Coach of the Year SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – 07 November 2023 – The Australia SailGP team was recognised at this year’s Australian Sailing Awards, winning Team…
18ft Skiffs – Spring Championship – Race 5
Today’s Trophy: Chris Webb Memorial Trophy Today’s Race Sponsor: Finport Finance Sunday, 5 November 2023 The Smeg 18ft skiff team of Nathan McNamara, Jed Ctuikshank and Jack Taylor used its superior downwind speed over the concluding leg of the course…
Wearn, Stransky and Symonds reclaim titles at Australian Sailing Awards
Some of the biggest stars in Australia sailing reclaimed their titles as the best in the land at tonight’s Australian Sailing Awards. Matt Wearn OAM won Male Sailor of the Year for the first time since 2018, Mara Stransky won…
Olympic and America’s Cup legends among Hall of Fame 2023 class
Four Australian sailing legends are set receive the sport’s highest accolade, with Iain Murray AM, Tom Slingsby OAM and the team of Elise Rechichi OAM and Tessa Parkinson OAM to be inducted into the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame at…
WASZP – New boats land ahead of WASZP Games
With excitement at fever pitch, another last-minute container of NEW BOATS & stock arrives at WASZP HQ ahead of the International WASZP Games in Sorrento. With many of the boats pre-sold and heading to the Games, there is still some…
World Sailing invites bids for World Sailing Championships
World Sailing is inviting bids to host the next World Sailing Championships, hot on the heels of the outstanding success of the 2023 edition in The Hague. The seventh World Sailing Championships – to be held between the Paris 2024…
18ft Skiffs – Spring Championship – Race 5 Preview
2023-24 Spring Championship Young 18ft skiff teams take up the challenge The 2023-24 Australian 18 Footers League’s Spring Championship has produced some close, exciting racing in each of the four races sailed so far and the outcome is far from…
Hall swaps two-handed racing for exciting new project with youth sailors
Disko Trooper_Contender Sailcloth was launched in time for Jules Hall to contest the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart – in two-handed mode with Jan ‘Clogs’ Scholten – the pair making a name for themselves and the boat early on, but this…
13′ Skiffs All Class as Numbers Surge
James Hopkins can remember a time when Manly’s 13ft fleet could be counted on one hand, with a finger or two to spare. Even though the class has been around since the early 2000s, numbers rose and dropped over two…
The America’s Cup is coming to the Red Sea
The countdown is on for the second Preliminary Regatta of the 37th America’s Cup with the Red Sea city of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia getting ready to host the world’s finest foiling sailors all eager to sail in the pristine…
ETNZ has wound up Te Rehutai’s scheduled sailing and testing program
A moment of reflection for the team as all focus starts turning towards ‘boat three’ which is currently in construction in New Zealand and will be used to defend the America’s Cup in Barcelona in just under one year’s time….
2023 Beneteau Cup conquers the elements on Sydney Harbour
Prepared by John Curnow. They usually come from far and wide to attend Flagstaff Marine’s annual Beneteau Cup. The 2023 edition definitely continued that trend, and how! Since being created some 28 years ago, no one else has amassed 7400nm…
New Skills and New Friends Made at the Seawind & Corsair Pittwater Regatta
On the 6th & 7th of October, the annual Seawind & Corsair Pittwater Regatta brought together a mixed fleet of 15 multihulls travelling from Brisbane, Port Stephens, Sydney and Jervis Bay to participate in a weekend of fun and social sailing in…
18ft Skiffs – Spring Championship Race 4
Today’s Trophy: Eric Bowen Memorial Trophy Today’s Race Sponsor: Rag & Famish Hotel Sunday, 29 October 2023 – Sydney Harbour The current world 18 footer champion Andoo team of John Winning Jr, Seve Jarvin and Sam Newton demonstrated their skill…
Inverloch Classic Dinghy Regatta
Entry documentation for the 2024 Regatta is coming very soon – book early to get the good seats!Looking forward to catching up with all our friends at the 10th Regatta Regatta dates are Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th February 2024…
Pantaenius supporting RPAYC twilight series
Welcome to Sailing on Pittwater Join the Pantaenius Thursday Twilight Series at the RPAYC on Pittwater. There are three great events on offer throughout the twilight months from October to March, starting with the Pantaenius Spring Series, a 5 race…
Port Jackson 16ft Skiff Championship
It took six years for the Port Jackson 16ft Championship to be revived – and only two hours for the fleet to be reminded just how brutal a race it can be. The famous event was first held just after…
Legendary Veteran vs the 18 Footer Rookie(s)
Joint leaders in the 2023-24 Spring Championship Thirty nine season veteran, the legendary 18ft skiff skipper John ‘Woody’ Winning, and three-race rookie skipper, Jacob Marks are the two skippers leading their teams at the half-way mark of the 2023-24 Australian…
Team Australia Challenge – The Squads
Following on from the announcement last week on the squad selection for the Team Australia Challenge here’s a little bio on each of the sailors. Finn Alexander – NSW Finn competes in the ILCA class and is currently 9th on…
Louis Vuitton becomes the Title Partner of the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup
Louis Vuitton is delighted to announce its return to the America’s Cup as the Title Partner of this 37th edition, thus renewing its promise of a legendary journey. An inexhaustible source of inspiration, the sea has always been where the…
Day 6 of the 2023 ILCA U21 Sailing World Championships
Stefan Elliott-Shircore finishes top Australian in 6th place. Tangier, Morocco – The final day of the ILCA U21 World Championship has arrived, and the anticipation was palpable as the sailors made their way to the racing area. The sailors were…
Manly Junior Teams Racing
After 28 races, with 25 boats competing at the annual Manly Junior Teams racing event held at Balmoral Sailing Club, it ended up being a tie between the teams from Hornsby Ku-ring-gai sailing club and Manly 16’s skiff club. The…
18ft Skiffs – Club Championship – Race 1
Club Championship, Race 1 Today’s Trophy: Mick Scully Memorial Trophy Today’s Race Sponsor: Fisher & Paykel Sunday, 22 October 2023 The first championship race of the Australian 18 Footers League’s 2023-24 season was staged on Sydney Harbour today, when the…
Back on form Ceeref comes from behind to win 44Cup Alcaidesa Marina
In form typical of the high performance owner-drive one design, going into the final race of the final day of the 44Cup Alcaidesa Marina, just two points separated the top four boats and, with nine points on the table, mathematically…
Day 5 of the 2023 ILCA U21 Sailing World Championships
Tangier, Morocco – The day began with sunshine, warm temperatures, and a light south breeze, signaling that all the storms had moved on and the stable weather was back. Some scattered clouds and a lower sun angle continue to hint…
Black Star continues to shine on day three of the 44Cup Alcaidesa Marina
The Bay of Algeciras had a complete change of complexion for the penultimate day of racing at the 44Cup Alcaidesa Marina with the southerly wind initially non-existent, then slowly filling in to 8-10 knots. Thus the race course was set…
Day 4 of the 2023 ILCA U21 Sailing World Championships
Australia’s Stefan Elliott-Shircore moves into 2nd place in the ILCA 7 Tangier, Morocco – After the passing of last night’s storm, the weather in Tangier continues to be unstable, with scattered rain showers and a strong west breeze on the racecourse. The…
Local hosts on fire during squally opening day of the 44Cup Alcaidesa Marina
Ironic after a day blown off as severe gale force winds battered the nearby Rock of Gibraltar, day two of the 44Cup Alcaidesa Marina started with barely a breath of wind. Fortunately, right on queue just before the appointed midday…
Day 3 of the 2023 ILCA U21 Sailing World Championships
Tangier, Morocco – What a sailing day! Wind, waves, and lots of adrenaline are everything a sailor wants and needs. The morning began cloudy, with streaks of sunshine peeking through the menacing grey clouds. The coach meeting was advanced to 9:00 a.m….
Blowing monkeys off rocks at the 44Cup Alcaidesa Marina
On some days conditions can be marginal for a committee to lay on yacht racing. Today at the 44Cup Alcaidesa Marina there was nothing marginal about the wind strength on the Bay of Gibraltar. Despite the first warning signal for…
Lisa R wins Yachting Malta Coastal Race
The Yachting Malta Coastal Race took place in superb conditions today, 19 October. A building breeze and warm sunshine providing a perfect opportunity to get race ready for the forthcoming Rolex Middle Sea Race, which starts on Saturday, 21 October….
Start of NZ’s biggest yacht race kicks off long weekend holiday weekend
Auckland, 19 October 2023 150 yachts of all shapes and sizes are due to start the PIC Coastal Classic tomorrow – but not from their usual startline. Due to the wastewater overflows related to the sinkhole in Parnell, and the…
Australia’s new America’s Cup campaign announces 17 sailors for squad
A squad of 17 of Australia’s top performing sailing women and youth athletes have been revealed by Team Australia Challenge Patron John Bertrand AO to spearhead the nations return to the America’s Cup in the Youth and Puig Women’s Regattas…
New Spanish team on starting grid for tomorrow’s 44Cup Alcaidesa Marina
Following the RC44 class’ World Championship in Cowes in August, the 44Cup resumes tomorrow in the shadow of another famous maritime British empire outpost – Gibraltar. Host of this event for the high performance owner-driver one designs is the 624-berth…
Day 2 of the 2023 ILCA U21 Sailing World Championships
Tangier, Morocco – The day started cloudy, with rain showers coming and going over the racecourse and the city of Tangier. The sea conditions were slightly different today as there was a swell from the northwest and the wind from the southwest….
Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship entries take shape
Entries in Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s (MHYC) 2023 Nautilus Marine InsuranceSydney Short Ocean Racing Championship (SSORC), are taking shape, so far attracting past winners, regulars and new contenders. Taking place from 25-26 November, the SSORC, now in its 46th year, is…
Emma Rankin – Academy graduate stars in her 18ft skiff debut
EMMA RANKIN Academy graduate stars in her 18ft skiff debut Twenty four-year-old Emma Rankin is 163cm tall and weighs just 62kg, but she showed everyone, on Sydney Harbour last Sunday week, that she is up for the challenge when she…
